Kitchen-dresser



UNITEDd STATES I PATENT Strien.

` JOHN nnOrH, or. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

KITCHEN- DRESSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,248, datedSeptember 15,1885` Application filed July 5, 18H4. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

zen of the'United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a certain new and ImprovedKitchen-Dresser; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description ofthe same.

My invention relates to the class of household articles, in whichvarious utensils and receptacles for articles of food to be prepared bythe utensils, may be kept within convenient reach of each other, wherebymislaying of the utensils may be avoided and work eX- pedited. I

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofparts of a kitchen-dresser, whereby the above-mentioned ends shall beeffected.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmyimproveddevice when closed; Fig. 2, avertical section of the same taken on theline a a of Fig. l, showing the construe tion and arrangement ofdetails; Fig. 3, a similar view taken on the line b b of Fig. l,

showing the device partly opened to permitaccess to the interior andshowing the construction and arrangement of details; and Fig. 4 avertical section taken on the line c c of Fig. l, showing the entire topraised and the manner of supporting the same in its raised position, andshowing the top closed in dotted lilies and further details.

A is the dresser containing the various receptacles and compartments andother details hereinafter described. The interior of the dresser isdivided by vertical partitions C and E into three comparments, the twoside ones being of the same width but narrower than the middle one. Sideledges, tand t, and the front ledge, t2, are 'provided inside thelefthand compartment of the dresser, upon which ledges t and ziAZ adrawer, B, is supported, and underneath the drawer B, between the ledgesforming its support and the bottom of the dresser and resting on thelatter is the drawer B. The space between the partition C and the leftside of the dresser and above the drawer B is closed at the front by apanel, s, and contains a removable receptacle, D, provided at the frontand back ends near the top edge with a ledge, r, to afford means bywhich it may be lied out. The compartment Be it known that I, JOHN F.ROTH, a citiformed between the partition E and the wall,

constituting the right-hand side of the dresser,

is occupied by a deep removable receptacle,

D', provided like the receptacle D, and for the same purpose with ledgesr. The front side of the last-named compartment is covered with panelsQ, the upper one resembling in appearance the panel s, and the two loweronesv being provided with knobs in imitation of the drawers B and B. Awide drawer, B2, of equal height with the panels and upper panel, q, isprovided to occupy the upper portionof the middle compartment, the lowerportion of which forms a cupboard provided with one or more shelves, p,and closedby hinged folding doors F. The drawer B is provided on eachside with strips, forming ledges o, to provide supports withoutemploying shelves for pie-plates and the like of sufficient diameters torest with their edges upon them. A strip, n, extending along the back ofthe dresser from one side of the same to the other, as clearly shown indotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and forming a shelf and providedwith Aa central bracket, Z, is supported in position upon ledges m,formed on each inner side of the dresser.

GrV is a kneading-board, resting upon the upper edges of the partitionsO and E and upon the upper edge of the front portion of the dresser. Itsposition, when the dresser is closed by lowering the top, is that shownin full lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings, when its rear side liesunderneath the strip a. To use the kneading-board, when the top of thedresser is raised, it is pulled out to the position shown iI dottedlines in the same gure,

in which the strip k, provided on its lower f side, forms a stop toprevent its being moved backward in the operation of kneading, owing tothe fact of the resistance afforded by the edge of the dresser againstwhich the stop is thereby forced.

The lid H, forming the cover of the dresser, is made in two parts, t'and i', the part i being hinged to the back of the dresser, and the parti', by means of double hinges, h, to the forward edge of the part t'.

A support, I, Fig. 4, comprising an arm, g, pivoted at one end to theinner side of one side of the dresser, and toward its opposite end to asecond arm, g', which is linked at its opposite extremity to the underside of the part 1l of the lid, as shown, the two providing abreak-joint, is caused to retain the lid in its 5 raised position'bymeans of a stop, f, provided on the under side of the part g', andagainst which the pivoted end of the part g lies when the lid is raised,and a button, e, pivoted upon the upper edge of the part g', toward ,oneend, which button is turned in one direction to cross the part g toprevent the joint from breaking, and thus sustain the lid H in 'itsraised position, and in the opposite direction, out of contact with thepart g', to permit r 5 breaking of the joint when the lid is to belowered.

By forming the lid H in two parts, and connecting them together in themanner described, access may be had to the interior of the upper portionof the dresser, when desired, without raising the entire lid, but bymerely raising and throwing backward the part i. .i

rlhe receptacle D is provided to contain iiour or small grain in largequantities, and the receptacle D to contain the same articles or sugarand the like. By means of these receptacles, the articles which theycontain are .kept perfeetlyrdry, and being removable they 3o may easilybe lifted out and cleaned.

The arrangement of the receptacles D and D at each side of thekneading-board affords great convenience, since their contents, formingthe ingredients of the substance to be kneaded, may be reached 'withoutleaving the 35 dresser for the purpose.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. Akitchen-dresser, A, having a hinged cover, H, and divided intocompartments by 4o vertical partitions C and E, forming sidecompartments, one containing drawers B B', and a receptacle, D, abovethe said drawers, and the other containing a receptacle, D, and forminga middle compartment containing a 45 drawer, B2, in its upper portionand a. cupboard, F, underneath the drawer B, a removable narrow shelf,n, extending across the said compartments, and a removable kneadboard,G, provided with a stop, k, on its under side, the whole beingconstructed and arranged, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a kitchen-dresser, A, of a drawer or drawersprovided with ledges o on each inner side, substantially as 55described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN F. ROTH.

In presence of GHARLEs C. LINTHICUM, WM. H. DYRENFORTH.

